A collection of things that interests me

The articles displayed here are from the Miami Herald and Tampa Tribune and deal with Okeechobee, Florida. There are a few articles from the late 1890s and the first two decades of the 1900s, but the largest portion comes from the 1920s. During the 1920s there was a land boom in Florida and Okeechobee shared in that. Some of the activity was real where business buildings and houses actually got built. But much of the
real estate activity, especially in 1925 and 1926, was mere speculation and most of the
highly advertised subdivisions were never actually occupied and are now the homes of cattle.

Of course, real estate speculation was not the only activity, and various articles convey the social news, road and infrastructure building, sporting events and other Okeechobee happenings during this time.

These articles were obtained by a very time-consuming search of the online historical newsletters at genealogybank.com. The articles, at present, go through May of 1926
plus one 1930 article. As time permits, later articles will be added.